Société Belge d'Études Coloniales

The Société d'Études Coloniales (est. 1894) of Belgium was a society that promoted the creation and maintenance of Belgian overseas colonies. For some years it was headquartered in the Hôtel Ravenstein in Brussels (along with similar groups such as the Cercle Africain and the Ligue Nationale pour l'Oeuvre Africain).[1] By 1902 it had a library.

Hôtel Ravenstein, on Rue Ravenstein in Brussels, was SEC headquarters circa 1900s (photo 2011)

Auguste Couvreur served briefly as its first chairman.[2] Other members included Alexandre Halot. "Of the twenty-nine founding members of the Société, fourteen had civil functions (eleven were lawyers), nine were intellectuals,...five were soldiers,...one was a businessman.[1]

As of 2008, the Society's archives were reported to have been lost.[1]

See also
  • Institut Royal Colonial Belge (est. 1928)

References
  1. Vincent Viaene (2008). "King Leopold's Imperialism and the Origins of the Belgian Colonial Party, 1860–1905". Journal of Modern History. 80. JSTOR 10.1086/591110.
  2. Couttenier 2005.
This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia and French Wikipedia.

Bibliography
issued by the society
about the society
  • Maarten Couttenier (2005). Congo tentoongesteld: Een geschiedenis van de Belgische antropologie en het museum van Tervuren (1882–1925 (in Dutch). Leuven. pp. 121–124. ISBN 9033457709. Société d'Études Coloniales
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